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  1. Past Tense

    Lee Child

    ★ 4.0 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Jack Reacher's road trip turns dark when a detour to his ancestral hometown unearths a conspiracy involving his family's past and two stranded travelers with a dangerous secret.

  2. Kingdom Come

    Mark Waid

    ★ 4.3 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a grim, near-future DC, a weary Superman returns from exile to unite new super-powered beings and stop a global conflict.

  3. Black House

    Stephen King

    ★ 4.0 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A retired detective, haunted by forgotten memories and strange visions, is pulled back into a terrifying parallel world to confront an ancient evil preying on a quiet Wisconsin town.

  4. The Forgotten

    David Baldacci

    ★ 4.1 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When his aunt's death in a beautiful Florida town is called an accident, Army Special Agent John Puller finds a dark conspiracy under Paradise's sunny surface, making him face hard truths to find her killer.

  5. 7th Heaven

    James Patterson

    ★ 4.1 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    When wealthy homes ignite in deadly arsons, Detective Lindsay Boxer races to unmask a killer and uncover the truth behind a golden boy's disappearance, as danger closes in on her own life.

  6. Unnatural Exposure

    Patricia Cornwell

    ★ 4.1 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta hunts a shadowy bioterrorist using virtual reality and forensic science, all while battling a rival investigator and a public panicked by a gruesome trail of headless, limbless bodies.

  7. The Daylight War

    Peter V. Brett

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    As humanity faces extinction, a tattooed warrior who denies his destiny and a desert general who accepts his prophecied role fight a brutal war for mankind's future, while ancient magic and priestesses pull their strings amidst a rising tide of demons.

  8. Partials

    Dan Wells

    ★ 3.9 (54k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On Long Island, humanity struggles to survive after a war with engineered doppelgängers. A teenager must uncover the truth behind the apocalypse to save both races, blurring the lines between creator and creation.

  9. Ariel

    Sylvia Plath

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsPsychology

    Sylvia Plath's posthumous collection, Ariel, unleashes raw emotion and direct introspection, confirming her as a poet of deep psychological insight and lasting power.

  10. The Eagle Has Landed

    Jack Higgins

    ★ 4.2 (54k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In a World War II thriller, a Nazi commando unit parachutes into an English village to abduct Winston Churchill, forcing townsfolk to become heroes in a desperate fight.

  11. After Ever Happy

    Anna Todd

    ★ 4.1 (53k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After their pasts unravel and tragedy strikes, Tessa must decide if she can save Hardin from his own darkness without losing herself.

  12. A Rule Against Murder

    Louise Penny

    ★ 4.2 (53k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Chief Inspector Gamache must unravel the secrets of a wealthy family reunion at an isolated inn where a 'rule against murder' is defiantly broken, leading him into a storm of buried hatreds and personal reflection.

  13. This Tender Land

    William Kent Krueger

    ★ 4.4 (53k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction

    Four orphans flee a brutal Indian training school in 1932, canoeing down the Mississippi and finding an unexpected family among strangers during the Great Depression.

  14. The Rum Diary

    Hunter S. Thompson

    ★ 3.8 (53k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    In 1950s San Juan, a drunken journalist pursuing an elusive woman gets caught in a dangerous mix of lust, jealousy, and quick-money schemes, where every drink could be his last.

  15. The Viscount Who Loved Me

    Julia Quinn

    ★ 4.2 (53k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A notorious rake, set on marrying for duty, finds his plans upended by the sharp wit and fiery spirit of his intended's older sister, who unexpectedly sparks a passion he never anticipated.

  16. The Women in the Castle

    Jessica Shattuck

    ★ 3.9 (53k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Three German widows of resistance fighters navigate the moral complexities and dark secrets of survival in the aftermath of World War II, living together in a crumbling Bavarian castle.

  17. Happy Ever After

    Nora Roberts

    ★ 4.2 (53k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A wedding planner, focused on her friends' happy relationships, finds her organized life changed by an unexpected love that makes her rethink her own ideal future.

  18. What Happened

    Hillary Rodham Clinton

    ★ 3.9 (53k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    Hillary Rodham Clinton removes her public persona to offer a raw, personal account of her 2016 presidential campaign, her defeat, and her thoughts on sexism, Russian interference, and a new political era.

  19. Saint Anything

    Sarah Dessen

    ★ 4.0 (53k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    After her charismatic but troubled brother's drunk-driving accident lands him in jail, an invisible Sydney finds her voice and a sense of belonging within the warm, chaotic embrace of a new family and the quiet gaze of Mac, who finally sees her for who she truly is.

  20. The Long Haul

    Jeff Kinney

    ★ 4.3 (53k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The Heffley family road trip turns into a funny disaster of gas station trouble, bird attacks, and a lost pig, proving even bad journeys can be memorable.

  21. Secrets of a Summer Night

    Lisa Kleypas

    ★ 4.0 (53k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    Penniless but beautiful, Annabelle Peyton navigates the treacherous ballrooms of Victorian London, making a desperate pact with friends to secure a husband, all while fighting a sizzling, forbidden attraction to the audacious, self-made man who only wants her as his mistress.

  22. Stumbling on Happiness

    Daniel Todd Gilbert

    ★ 3.8 (53k) average on GoodreadsBusiness

    Daniel Gilbert explains why people are bad at predicting what will make them happy, exposing the mental errors that trip us up when imagining our future.

  23. A Curse So Dark and Lonely

    Brigid Kemmerer

    ★ 4.1 (53k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A fiercely independent girl with cerebral palsy from modern-day D.C. is thrust into a cursed fantasy kingdom, becoming the unlikely hope for a beastly prince and his dying realm, where breaking a spell is just the beginning of their fight for survival.

  24. Why We Broke Up

    Daniel Handler

    ★ 3.5 (53k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    With a box full of evocative mementos, Min meticulously dismantles her first love for Ed, each object a poignant, illustrated autopsy of their doomed teenage romance.

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